,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bb1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of        
,pennsylvania introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to change the date for        
regularly scheduled general elections   
for ,federal office to the first        
,saturday and ,sunday after the first   
,friday in ,november in every           
even-numbered year4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,louise  
,slaughter ,weekend ,voting ,act4  #b4  
,weekend voting for regularly scheduled 
general elections for ,federal office   
7a7 ,elections for ,house of            
,representatives and ,senate ,section   
#be of the ,revised ,statutes of the    
,united ,states 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #g7 is    
amended to read as follows3  #be4 ,dates
 and time of elections  7a7 ,dates of   
election ,the first ,saturday and       
,sunday after the first ,friday in      

,november1 in every even numbered year1 
are established as the dates for the    
election in each of the ,states of      
,representatives and ,delegates to the  
next ,congress commencing after the     
dates of the election4  7b7 ,hours of   
operation of polling places ,each ,state
 shall by law establish the hours of    
operation for polling places in the     
,state on the dates of election         
established under subsection 7a74  7c7  
,state defined ,in this section1 the    
term ,state means each of the several   
,states1 the ,district of ,columbia1 the
 ,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 ,guam1 
,american ,samoa1 the ,united ,states   
,virgin ,islands1 and the ,commonwealth 
of the ,northern ,mariana ,islands4  4  
7b7 ,elections for ,president and ,vice 
,president  7#a7 ,in general ,section #a
 of title #c1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended to read as follows3  #a4 ,date  
and time of appointing electors  7a7    
,dates of election ,the electors of     
,president and ,vice ,president shall be

 appointed1 in each ,state1 on the first
 ,saturday and ,sunday after the first  
,friday in ,november1 in every fourth   
year succeeding every election of a     
,president and ,vice ,president4  7b7   
,hours of operation of polling places   
,each ,state shall by law establish the 
hours of operation for polling places in
 the ,state on the dates of election    
established under subsection 7a74  4    
7#b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of  
sections for chapter #a of title #c1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking the item relating to section #a
 and inserting the following3  #a4 ,date
 and time of appointing electors4  4    
7c7 ,no interference with religious     
practices ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the holding of elections over a    
weekend1 as established by this ,act1   
should be carried out in a manner which 
does not interfere with religious       
practices4  7d7 ,cost savings ,it is the
 sense of ,congress that the holding of 
elections over a weekend1 as established

 by this ,act1 should result in cost    
savings to the ,american taxpayer4  7e7 
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to
 regularly scheduled general elections  
for ,federal office beginning with the  
first such elections held after the     
expiration of the #cj-;day period which 
begins on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act4